Obama then sat down with local administrators for hours, impressing principals like Rodney Cook of JV Martin – the school most prominently featured – with his command of the academic situation and a knack for remembering student names.
Robbins seldom showed a more polished command of the academic-ballet vocabulary, but the overall sensation this pas de deux leaves is one of pristine freshness, in which 19th-century Old World style becomes new again.
It tries to transmit mastery of work-related skills (or "competences") rather than command of a particular academic discipline.
After an argument with his boss (Chen Zhao Jin), Keong quits his job and is unable to get another due to his poor command of English, lack of academic qualifications and computer illiteracy.
It referred to the chain of command and hands-on learning style of academic medicine, particularly with regard to basic medical procedures.
Able to turn his academic's command of American Song Book history into amusing asides, he's the party guest who sits down to the ivories and effortlessly keeps the atmosphere convivial.
Although sources and determinants of academic entrepreneurship have begun to command the attention of policy-makers and researchers, there remain many unanswered questions about how individual and social factors shape the decisions of academics to engage in entrepreneurial activities.
Economists and former bank officials describe Mr. Shirakawa as a 34-year central bank veteran with an academic-level command of monetary theory and the fluency in English to communicate freely with other countries' central bankers.
But for all the skill, it's mainly an evening of academic interest: it's extraordinary to see the most humanist of directors commanding a tinkling, anxiety-causing, mechanistic drama.
I am looking forward to a lungful of fresh air and the kind of insightful aperçus that possibly are available only to a Frenchman with a secure academic position and a command of one of the more expressive Latinate languages.
